Kashita Miyagi

"Everyone's shining! I'm AKB0048's Gun-Girl, Kashita Miyagi also known as Miyaya."

- Miyagi's Stage Introduction Catchphrase

Miyagi Kashita is a member of AKB0048's 151st Generation and the ace of AKB0048's Team A. She also has got a solo career.

Miyagi is also known as Miyaya (みやや), Miyachan (みやちゃん), Miya (みや) and Gun-Girl. She is known for her cute, innocent and pure stage personality despite having a rather cold personality off-stage. Because of her skills in the usage of rifles, she's called Gun-Girl. She's also known for her close relationship with her fellow member and best friend Miyabi Honoka.

Appearance
Miyagi has got long black hair. Her eyes are in a dark blue hue. The upper part of her eyes are a bit darker then the lower part of her eyes, being almost black. Her skin is pale. Similar to other members of AKB0048, she has got heart-shaped light reflections in her eyes and on her hair. As well, in her eyes are three other points for an unknown reason.

Originally, Miyagi used to wear regular side twintails. As of June SC0125, she has started to wear her twintails from the high back of her head which are sightly wavy. The earliest release freaturing Miyagi's newest hairstyle are, however, the Rose no Hibi promotions, as she originally changed her hair style for the single but decided to continue using it. One of the major reasons, why she started wearing twintails is her wish to succeed Watanabe Mayu. However, she has grown to the style and enjoys wearing twintails a lot. She almost always uses ribbons to tie her hair up. Miyagi sometimes uses Honoka's ribbons as well.

Miyagi's style is very cute and yume-kawaii inspired. She likes to wear pastel clothes and doesn't wear a lot of make-up. She spends a lot of time with preparing herself every morning and takes much care on her hair which is almost holy to her. Only a few people may touch it. It's implied that she's carrying a little rifle with her where ever she goes, usually in her shoes as she likes to wear boots in fall, spring and winter. Sometimes, she wears glasses to disguise herself. Her visual acuity rating is 2.0 which is above average.

Personality
Miyagi has got an "on-stage self" and an "off-stage self" and switches between both at will. She is also very good in holding up her on-stage self, however due to other members' comments and her nickname "Gun-Girl", several hints onto her real self are public. The majority of the public audience seems to believe that the nickname is an inser-joke, however.

Miyagi's on-stage self is described as innocent and pure girl who couldn't harm anything. She's commonly seen togethr with Honoka and cares a lot for her best friend. However, she seems to be a bit fragile and not self-confident. She usually keeps a smile on her face and works together with the other members. She usually doesn't speak as much as Honoka does.

Miyagi's real self is more or less the opposite. While not in front of the cameras, Miyagi rarely displays emotions aside of her friendship to Honoka. She usually is somewhere where Honoka is but unlike on-stage, Miyagi doesn't care a lot about offending or hurting other members. She is confident into her abilities and serious about them. Because she is used to get what she wants, Miyagi doesn't fear doing everything for it. She doesn't seem interessted in others, aside of Honoka but as long as they don't annoy her, she doesn't offend them in any wise. She seems to know a few of her flows but doesn't accept them. Generally, she is a over-confident and considers herself to be more or less invincible, not counting reading and writing. Miyagi is a sore loser and usually tries to find an excurse why losing isn't her fault.

While never saying it, Miyagi is afraid of several things. For example, she is terribly afraid of bugs and spiders. She is also afraid of thunderstorms and she feels uncomfortable in small rooms. She is also afraid of ghosts and other supernatural beings as she believes in them. Halloween is generally horror to her. Miyagi will never admit those fears, not even to herself.

Miyagi is one of 0048's best combatants. Due to that, Miyagi is usually the member to teach auditioners in the usage of rifles. She is supported by Honoka but Honoka usually tends to be the target only. She also takes over the general combat practise of 0048 often. Her favorite weapons are rifles in general but she has displayed skills in hand-to-hand combat too. It’s implied that Miyagi has also talent in stealing different things, such as cookies for Honoka.

In general, Miyagi’s a good actress and good in learning texts by heart. However, her general school education is on the level of an elementary student. She isn’t able to read Kanji, Katakana and Romaji at all and has a lot problems with Hiragana. Even thought, Miyagi is supposed to learn this, she doesn’t really do so. She doesn’t attend a regular high school because of this too. A side effect of her lack of education is the fact that Miyagi believes into several unrealistic things such as fortune telling, (rainbow) unicorns and that alpacas are mythical creatures. For the single reason of Honoka's never-ending cupcake-hunger, Miyagi has learned how to bake cupcakes, and she is quite good in it by now. It's unknown how she learned this, however.

History
Miyagi was born and grew up on Tekistar. Groeing up with everything, she wanted to have, Miyagi is rather spoiled. Several reasons made Miyagi start skipping school a lot, eventually, she only said that she believed that she knew everything she'd ever need. With thirteen, her attention waved towards the suburb's 'yankee business' where she eventually became one of the strongest personalities in the suburbs, thanks to self-defense training and engaging professionals to train her. She learned several thinks, but none of them included skills as reading and writing. It was a tradition in the family that the males would overtake official roles, being present in politics and finances while the females were staying at home. However, 'at home' usually didn't only refer house wifes, and thus, no one truely cared about Miyagi's new hobby.

When Miyagi was fourteen and a half year, her mother had a serious accident which caused her mother, Miyagi and her brother little problems. While the family's business was continued by her aunt, Miyagi realized that she had been living in a dreamworld. After hearing a argument between her mother and the current family head, her grandparents, she decided that she wanted to do something other then the life, she had always imagined to be hers. In November SC0122, she sent an audition tape to 0048 which seemed to be something, she'd like to try out. She knew that she had combat skills and after realizing that not all planets were as "perfect" as Tekistar, she decided that she wanted to change something. She wasn't exactly sure about the idol-part of 0048 before joining but after joining, she realized that being an idol of 0048 was exactly the acitivity, she enjoyed most, and now wants to do in her life.

Team History
151st Generation → 151st Generation & Team 00 → 151st Generation & Team A
 * Joining the 151st Generation of Trainees (SC0123.05.15)
 * Promoted to Team 00 (Formation) (SC0123.06.17)
 * Transfer to Team A (Formation) (Halloween Shuffle) (SC0123.10.31)

Etymology
Kashita is written as.

can be translated as river bank and as field.

Miyagi is written as.

can be translated as shrine and can be translated as fortress or castle.

Miyagi was given her name with the hope that while her soul would stay as pure as a shrine, she would grow up in a strong woman with power as strong as a fortress. Ironically, the name also references her on-/off-stage personality.

Miyagi's nicknames Miya (みや), Miyachan (みやちゃん) and Miyaya (みやや) are variations of her given name. Gun-Girl is a title that Honoka has given her.

Quotes

 * "Everyone is Shining! I am AKB's Gun-Girl Kashita Miyagi known as Miyaya. It's a pleasure."  - Miyagi's Introduction Catchphrase

Screenshots
For other pictures, please refer Miyagi's Category.

Trivia

 * Favourite Song in the New Era: Ashita wa Kitto Kuru, To Say
 * Audition Song: Kibou ni Tsuite
 * Favorite Food: Watermelons,
 * Favorite Animal: Unicorns, Alpacas
 * Favorite Colour: Rainbow
 * Hobbies: Paintball, shopping, collecting cute things, spending time with Honoka
 * Penlight Colour: Lavander
 * Charm Point: Hair
 * Her voice actor was choosen because she voiced Serena in Pokémon XY.
 * Miyagi has given her kirara the name Shellu (シェルー).
 * Since she doesn't own a social media account, she usually uses Honoka's account @Rainbow-Miya.
 * Even though her favourite member of all members is MK2, she states that Miyabi Honoka is her Oshimen.
 * In SC0123, Miyagi's Senbatsu Sousenkyo Poster was a picture of her wearing the senbatsu stand-in version. She decided on this uniform, because the uniform is also called "Successor Uniform". She wanted to express the though that she doesn't need to be a successor to shine.
 * In SC0124, Miyagi's Senbatsu Sousenkyo Poster is exact the same as Miyabi Honoka's poster. They're the first members to share a poster. The written words (二人の虹) can be translated as Two Rainbows or The rainbow of us two. It's a mix between Futari no Ashiato's and Nijuu no Niji's names.
 * In SC0125, Miyagi's Senbatsu Sousenkyo Poster uses an outfit appearing in Ashita wa Kitto Kuru's MV. The caption is the song's name.